33yr ttc#2 - buddies needed!!!

[happycupcake]

Welcome

 

[Hopfl4bbynbr4]

Welcome Sadako! I believe I O'd on cd30 or cd31. I had some pretty bad O pain on both days so I'm not sure which one exactly was O day so to be on the safe side I'm going to say O on cd31. The point is, I know how you feel with long cycles! How long is your lp? Mine is 16(last cycle) to 18 days long!

Duster, I'll probably test on May 27th at 12ish dpo. 😂😂😂 who am I kidding though. I'll more than likely start testing about 4 days before that on 8dpo haha!
Happycupcake,
I definitely would not be taking my children around someone else with chicken pox(no offense ladies!) just so my kids could go ahead and get it. That's crazy to me lol but I do understand wanting them to get it at an earlier age but, I just couldn't purposely let them get sick. I'll have to google Sherlock and this Benedict Cumberbatch person lol

Ladders, I definitely wasn't calm about it haha! I was getting very frustrated with my body because it was soooo hard to convince dh to keep dtd every other night! He was a trooper though so I'm happy to say I'm actually in with a chance this time. We dtd 4-O 2-O O day and the day after just in case! And actually again last night! I was very surprised lol! But today at 2dpo my cervix is still high soft but finally closed so I'm confident I did finally O. With the opk's I have, I always wait the 5 minutes to check to see if it's positive and also check again when it's dry. I hope tomorrow you wake up to your positive opk! I do usually get O cramps. Some cycles (like this one) I'll be really crampy for two days so sometimes hard to pinpoint which day is O day. I thought cd30 was but on cd31 it was worse till I felt a sharp pinch like feeling that actually made me say owe this time! So I'm sure cd31 was O day this time. And thank you! I'm really really hoping the egg was still good after taking so long to release.

 

[dustergrl]

Welcome Sadako!

Ladies! We have a vaccination for chicken pox in the US- varicella! It is part of our vaccine schedule. Do you not have it there? I remember fondly the days of having chicken pox as a kid- when one kid at school had it, it was inevitable that everyone would get it. I had it fairly mild, but my husband has since had shingles (same virus) and that was brutal for him.

We'll see if I cave and test early. I didn't test until I was late with DS!

Storms here tonight- I braved 50mph winds and pea sized hail to go out to the pole barn to put the chickens away earlier. It was soooo loud in the barn! Lol by the time I was done taking care of them the storm was passed. Poor DH left his sunroof open- he had a flooded car and his trunk keeps trying to pop the latch so the switch must have gotten wet. Glad he's the breadwinner; otherwise he would have gotten a lecture. Round two is on its way (sunroof is now closed HAHA)!

 

[Hopfl4bbynbr4]

Aww Duster I'm glad you made it through the wind and hail! That was actually a really sweet thing to do and it tells a lot about your character. I actually tested late with all three of mine but that's because I was young and didn't know much about ttc other than have sex every day and test when af was a day or two late! Lol! Now I'm so impatient and know a good bit about ttc so I can't help but test early lol I'm also glad your dh got his trunk to close! IDK if it's hot there yet but hopefully the heat and humidity doesn't make the carpet on the floor boards sour! I hope he can get it all dried out before that happens. I accidentally left the sun roof open in my car once when it was raining pretty hard and the next day it was so hot when I opened the car doors (after closing the sun roof when I realised it was open) the smell of the soured carpet was awful. It was not fun having to detail it and drag the carpet cleaner outside to clean the carpets in the car lol

 

[citrusfruit]

Welcome sadako.

Actually have time to reply properly this morning as ds is having a bit of a lie in. Sigh, I remember when a lie in used to involve 10am...it's not even 7am yet

Ladders - my temp rise came the day after the last positive I got. Opks still new to me though! Hope you o soon and think it's a good plan to hold off BD sometimes.

Cupcake I do love Sherlock, it's gripping, but I am SUCH a wimp with anything remotely gory. It really plays on my mind so I struggle to watch any of these really good shows!

Argh can't remember what else...! Good luck with wait till 12 DPO Kim I read that and thought whatttt?!!! Hehe.

Oh and DS is awake!

 

[ladders]

Welcome sadako, I came off bcp in feb and my cycles are doing some funky things too so your in good company!


Duster that storm sounds scary! Glad your all ok and ready for the next to pass over

Think I may be getting somewhere got a darker opk this morning so think might get positive later or tomorrow so I think will try to dtd tonight and tomorrow and see if poss sat too! Glad I didn't push last night as might have been a tad early. What do you ladies think, looking like it's getting close?

 

[ladders]

Ah it's playing up and not loading pic, will keep trying

 

[ladders]

Here it is

 

[Daisies11]

Hi Sadako!

That looks promising ladders. Get lots of bd in over the next couple of days!

Duster, nope we don't get the chicken pox vaccine in the uk. It can be paid for privately if you want your kids to have it done, but otherwise it's pretty much considered to be just a standard childhood illness that everyone gets. Scary to hear of the stories where it turns nasty, and makes you see the benefits of getting vaccinated. I don't know the reasons why it's not done in the UK but would guess that it's not seen to be worth the cost since the majority of children will have it with no terrible issues at the time or long lasting after effects, but that means it trivialises it a bit and people think it's nothing to be worried about.

 

[happycupcake]

Ladders, looks like it's getting there! Hopefully soon

Kim, Sherlock is on Netflix if you have that there? And Sky? I don't know, but Sherlock is fabulous and Benedict Cumberbatch is also fabulous!

Citrus, I can't do things like zombies anymore, but this kind of stuff I have always been fascinated with. This is why I enrolled yesterday for my next degree module in psychology, because I want to go onto forensic psychology or criminology. I would love to have a better insight into criminal profiling, and would love to write based around this. The whole thing is fascinating to me, so I love shows like this.

I know this thread is primarily ttc and post what you pee on, which means I have to clarify I DIDN'T pee on this man. But for Kim, this is Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock

 

[Hopfl4bbynbr4]

Citrus, the thought is there, but the will power is NOT Hahaha! I will try to not test but I'm 3dpo and already itching to test lol!

Ladders, that looks like it's getting there! Let the bd sessions begin! Good luck this time!!

Happycupcake, we do have Netflix here butttt I don't have it! When we moved, we moved so far out in the boon docks there wasn't anyone who had Wi-Fi in our area! I just switched to Direct TV and here it's provided by AT&T and they started providing U-verse or something like that so I'll be getting that soon so we can have internet access again. Right now we just use our phones for everything lol I'll have to check it out as soon as I get internet and get Netflix again. And OMG! I'm so happy for you!!! That's awesome that you enrolled yesterday for your next module!! ❤❤❤ I think that would be an amazing job to have if you decide in the end that's what you want! Criminal profiling would be so cool! Lol

Daisies, I had no idea you guys don't have the vaccine over there?! It's pretty much standard here if you choose to vaccinate of course.

Ohhh I see 😮😂 ... Where's the drool emoji? 😉

 

[happycupcake]

Oh dear lord, I don't know what I would do without wifi as 4G is so expensive! It doesn't last long when you use it to watch videos too. They do have it on Amazon Prime as well. They only have up to series three on Netflix so I watched series four on Prime instead.
I was worrying about having time to do it but if I don't do it then I won't do it so I thought sod it, enrol and make time! In an ideal world I would be a successful writer and use knowledge on forensic psychology, criminal profiling as a means to help create characters. I struggle with creative thinking but I love writing, but reality. The idea of fiction I love, so I think this would help open my mind more. And also, people are so fascinating, I want to improve reading people because as someone with AS, certain aspects of this can be difficult

 

[SadakoS]

I love Sherlock too. I've not watched the last series yet though which is shocking! I'm so looking forward to the next series of Game of Thrones!

Looks like I'm out already as I've had spotting today at 11dpo. I was hopeful because I usually spot a little on 10dpo but didn't 😔

Oh well, onward and upwartds!

 

[happycupcake]

I love Sherlock too. I've not watched the last series yet though which is shocking! I'm so looking forward to the next series of Game of Thrones!

Looks like I'm out already as I've had spotting today at 11dpo. I was hopeful because I usually spot a little on 10dpo but didn't 😔

Oh well, onward and upwartds!

The fourth series is bonkers! I'm hoping so much they make a 5th series. It's still being debated apparently.
I haven't seen Game of Thrones.

How long is your luteal phase usually? Do you usually spot for a few days before af?

 

[SadakoS]

I love Sherlock too. I've not watched the last series yet though which is shocking! I'm so looking forward to the next series of Game of Thrones!

Looks like I'm out already as I've had spotting today at 11dpo. I was hopeful because I usually spot a little on 10dpo but didn't 😔

Oh well, onward and upwartds!

The fourth series is bonkers! I'm hoping so much they make a 5th series. It's still being debated apparently.
I haven't seen Game of Thrones.

How long is your luteal phase usually? Do you usually spot for a few days before af?

Short, I usually come on at 12dpo. Tried loads of things last time I was ttc ti try and lengthen it but nothing seemed to. I'm taking Fertilaid at the moment as I was taking it when I got pregnant the first time. My cycle has always been wacky, I wasn't on birth control and didn't have a period until my lg was about 15 months, but she breastfed until over 2 which might have had something to do with it.
Getting back into doing opks regularly, but I can't temp because I'm a mouth breather 😅😅

 

[happycupcake]

You could try temping vaginally instead?

 

[curiousowl]

Hi! I've read the last few pages and I hope you guys will have me. I was in a TTC#1 group with ladders and just got a BFN on my first cycle TTC #2. I felt lonely and a little crazy this past month so clearly I need some people in the same boat! I'm newly 33.

When I was TTC #1 I was just coming off the pill and only O'd twice in 9 months. The first was a CP and then 2 months later I got pregnant with DD. This time around I've been Oing regularly since I got my cycle back in Oct 2015 and we've been using temping/condoms as birth control. But my LP is only 11 days (no idea what it was before) so that slightly worries me. Obviously 1 month trying is not a big deal but it has been a strange feeling. I've never confirmed O on a cycle I was trying to get pregnant and not gotten pregnant! (Though I will definitely take this over not Oing regularly.)

In any case, enough rambling, I should be around and look forward to getting to know you all!

 

[curiousowl]

Temping orally never worked for me so I've done it vaginally for ages if that's any help.

 

[citrusfruit]

Welcome curious owl. Ttc is a lonely place sometimes, especially if you only share that with OH. We are quite private people and haven't told anyone we are ttc which I like, but it's difficult not being able to talk about things to a girl! OH is Justin not as good a talker as my girlfriends.

CD10 here, might check an ovulation stick in a day or two.

 

[happycupcake]

Hi Curiousowl
Have you had hormone levels checked out? Low progesterone can cause a shorter luteal phase, I don't know what else can, if there is anything else. To have this checked you have to have bloods taken a week before af is due. Where do your temps fall during your lp? Ideally they should stay above 97.7F - 99.0F (36.5c - 37.2c). Sometimes you see a dip during your lp but this should be brief, it could be down to implantation but sometimes you see it anyway.

CD9, have started with the OPKs but they were faint yesterday as expected. Acupuncture today